Buyout, bye-bye

After watching Lynch go an abysmal 6-for-11 for 24 yards and one interception against Minnesota, Nick Andrew of Aurora, Colorado started a GoFundMe page to raise the $600,000 for the Broncos to buy out Lynch’s contract.

It’s not going so well: as of this writing, only $55 has been donated.

It’s not like the Broncos couldn’t afford to cut Lynch and eat the dead money; sometimes you just have to cut your losses and move on. But Andrew’s decision shows how fed up many Denver fans are.

Broncos moved up for Lynch

It’s common for teams to whiff on draft picks, but when it’s a first-rounder you hoped would be your offensive and maybe even franchise leader for years to come, it’s tougher to swallow.

General manager John Elway moved up five spaces, from 31st to 26th, to draft Lynch in 2016. Lynch started four regular-season games in his first two seasons, and Denver was 1-3 with him under center. Lynch has four touchdowns and four interceptions in his starts.